But at the weekend he was suddenly removedas the commander of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) shock troops, the elite corps of the Iraqi armed forces, by Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi. He was instead given what the general considered to be a non-job at the Defence Ministry.

Saadi has refused to accept the move against him, and described his new posting as an “insult” and a “punishment”.His effective demotion has provoked a wave of popular support for arguably Iraq’s most esteemed general, on the streets as well as on social media.”

The [Iraqi] CTS is a force that often cooperates with the U.S. military [in Iraq]. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi is a U.S. trained officer. He was suspected to be the head of an imminent overthrow of the [Iraqi] government.”…

Protestors are confirming the use of snipers from buildings, targeting protesters approaching Tahrir Square. A young man was killed by the use of snipers. Evidence in the form of a photo can be seen. #iraq #baghdad #save_the_iraqi_people”

[#Thread] 1/ This one is on #Iraq. A few people mentioned suspicious activity on Twitter and I had a look into a few hashtags. One in particular begins, “Show your support for the right of Iraq people to protest peacefully”. I have little doubt there is an influence campaign…
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4/ Firstly, as you can see from the below graph, the hashtags started trending quite suddenlyat 3.30pm UTC on October 2nd. However one of the first accounts to post the hashtag was the one screenshotted here > @AlshiblyRamy – who has a lot of photos of Saudi and Iraq flags…

“The Trump administration has intensified sanctions on the Lebanese militant group and institutions linked to it to unprecedented levels, targeting lawmakers for the first time as well as a local bank that Washington claims has ties to the group.

Forget John Bolton, this may be the most enabling change in personnel if Trump wants to restart diplomacy with Iran and end “maximum pressure.” Mandelker is considered an unreasonable and dogmatic officialby compliance officers worldwide.”